Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG v HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 9(1) – European patent – Interim measures – Power of national judicial authorities to issue an interlocutory injunction to prevent an imminent infringement of an intellectual property right – National case-law dismissing applications for interim measures where the validity of the patent in question has not been confirmed, at the very least, by a decision given at first instance in opposition or invalidity proceedings – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-44/21.